Message from the County Legislative Chair. Welcome to Schenectady County - a great place to work, live and raise a family. Schenectady County has a proud history of blazing new trails of discovery. We were the home of Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz who changed the world with their innovation.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Suffrage(noun) a vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. Suffrage(noun) testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
In the 15th and 15th centuries in English, it was also used to mean support.. By the 16th and 17th centuries, suffrage was in common use in English to mean a vote in favor of a proposal (as in a representative body like Parliament) or of a person in an election. The meaning then broadened to apply to a vote for or against candidates and proposals.